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Florida springs are a "crystal flood," "almost as transparent as the air we breathe," "so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether," an "enchanting and amazing crystal fountain,...

Bisphenol A has become an increasing concern for human and animal health due to research that indicates BPA can interfere with the endocrine system in people and animals and produce hormonal changes and birth defects. BPA is extremely stable under...

According to a Reuters report today, two tugboats towing four large barges collided in the Houston Ship Channel headed towards the Intracoastal Waterway and erupted into a fire that burned for nearly 4 hours early this morning. At 1:30 AM, an...

Last year, 400,000 residents in and around Toledo had their water supply shut down for three days during August because of a bloom of toxic blue-green algae in Lake Erie. This year's algal bloom is predicted to be even more severe, according...

According to a Forbes article written today by Public Utilities Fortnightly Magazine Editor-In-Chief, Ken Silverstein, Monday's Supreme Court decision in favor of 23 states that challenged the EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for...

On Monday, June 29, the US Supreme Court voted in a 5 to 4 decision (Michigan vs. EPA) not to enact proposed regulations to limit power plants’ emissions of mercury and other dangerous pollutants. Justice Antonin Scalia claimed that the EPA,...

The Sixth Extinction may sound like a cool name for a band, or maybe a zombie flick, but the truth is even scarier: It’s the sixth major die out of species on the planet since life began, and a study released this weekend has confirmed it....

Boyan Slat is the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, an organization with the aim of, you guessed it, cleaning up the oceans. Slat, who is only 20 years old, has designed the world’s first passive system of removing trash from the seas. Not only will...

A new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) finds that he impacts of pollution often hit the poor the hardest. A new Michigan study came to the same conclusion. Dirty fossil fuels are currently wreaking havoc on some of our most...

The European Union maybe looking to clean up vehicle testing loopholes involving fuel efficiency (such as taping windows and doors and driving over exaggerated smooth surfaces, but European automakers are reportedly campaigning for a 3-year delay...

After a brief stint on the top of the chart for global cities with the worst pollution, officials in Paris announced a traffic ban on half of the vehicles in metro Paris. The traffic ban, requested by Mayor Anne Hidalgo, would prevent one in two...

The City of Lights has become so dimmed by smog that Parisian authorities are being forced to impose emergency limits on traffic tomorrow, as a great deal of northern France continues to be blanketed by a choking blanket of smog.According to Paris...

Houston is one of the nation's most polluted cities. Due mainly to heavy automobile traffic, the ship channel's petrochemical complex, and a hot, humid climate, we are literally breathing in dirty air. This should be disturbing to Houston...

Los Angeles freeways are a benefit to Angelenos, but they are also often congested and smoggy. Children riding school buses on LA roads and freeways are exposed to high levels of pollution, resulting in respiratory problems such as asthma and...

On February 12th a bill was introduced to the Maryland General Assembly that would ban plastic bags in Maryland, according to TrashFreeMaryland.org. If this bill is passed retailers will only distribute plastic bags for certain items, such as...